Adonis

Ingredients

1 1/2 ouncesdry sherry

1 1/2 ouncessweet vermouth, such as Carpano Antica

2 to 3 dashesorange bitters

Ice

Total Time:
Under 5 mins

Active Time:
Under 5 mins

Makes:1 drink

The Adonis is a simple, low-alcohol, sherry-based cocktail. In its original form, the Adonis is a wine cocktail that dates back to the late 1800s. The name is derived from an 1884 play about a gorgeous male statue that comes to life and finds human ways so unpleasant that he willingly turns back into stone. Adonis was the first Broadway play to run for more than 500 performances, but despite its lineage, the Adonis cocktail is rarely seen anymore and has entered the endangered species list.